In the large tent of the army, Liu Jing was sitting at the head of the table. At the same table with him were Huan Yi, Zhuge Liang, Xu Shu, and Lai Gong, who were also the prefects, sitting on the left and right as guests.
Sword, standing behind him.
The generals under Liu Jing's command were divided into two columns. Liu Zong, Cai Sheng, and other more than ten original members were on the right, while Gan Ning, Feng Xi, and other more than ten new members were on the left. The two sides sat opposite each other, with clear distinctions.
Zhuge Liang, Xu Shu, Gan Ning, Wei Yan, Huo Jun, Gao Xiang, Feng Xi... Even from the perspective of the history of the Three Kingdoms in the late Han Dynasty, they can definitely be regarded as a collection of talents.
There is also Huang Zhong. Unfortunately, his injuries have not healed yet. He was hit by five arrows that day and was severely injured. He almost died. That is to say, Huang Zhong has excellent physical fitness. If it were an ordinary person, he would have died a long time ago. However, even if Huang Zhong's physical fitness
Excellent, it will take at least a year and a half to fully recover.
Although Huang Zhong did not express his surrender, Liu Jing was very confident in his heart. He had saved Huang Zhong's life and often expressed condolences and care for him. Even though the latter had a heart of stone, he still had to submit obediently.
Liu Jing already knew that Zhu A died at the hands of Huang Zhong. Currently, only he and Chu Fang knew about it. Even Huang Zhong himself did not know that he had killed a man named Zhu A.
Although Zhu A is Liu Jing's friend, he is not considered a close confidant. The two of them are probably using each other. Liu Jing uses him to make money, and Zhu A uses his power, and both parties get what they need. Therefore, their status in Liu Jing's heart
, Zhu A simply cannot be compared with such fierce generals as Huang Zhong.
In view of the close relationship between Zhu A and Liu Zhu, Cai Sheng, and Liu Zong, once this matter was leaked, it would cause a huge disturbance. Therefore, Liu Jing hinted that Chu Fang concealed the truth and blamed Zhu A's death on Liu Pan, which finally eliminated the problem.
Hidden dangers.
Liu Jing glanced at Chu Fang and Cai Sheng, and said: "The Art of War says: 'Know yourself and the enemy, and a hundred battles will never end.' Ziping, Hongchao, you have been fighting fiercely with the Jiaozhou Army for many months, and the situation against the Jiaozhou Army must have been bad for a long time."
You already know it, why don’t you introduce it to us.”
Cai Sheng and Chu Fang looked at each other and stood up and said: "Okay, then I will tell Liu Jun and everyone else that the Jiaozhou Army under Zhang Jin only has 17,800 troops. For more than a month, the siege of Quanling has been very urgent.
There are three to four thousand soldiers killed and wounded, and now our strength is less than half of ours..."
Chu Fang added: "The Jiaozhou Army is not only far less powerful than ours, but also has less armor. According to my observation, only about 20% of the Jiaozhou soldiers wear armor, and most of them are rhinoceros and oxhide armor."
Liu Jing was not surprised at all by this. Jiaozhou was a barbaric land and its iron smelting technology was backward, so it must be lacking iron armor.
Before the Battle of Lingxian, Liu Jingshui's infantry was less than 20,000, with more than 5,000 iron armor leaders and more than 1,000 leather armor leaders. The armor wearing rate was over 30%. Among them, less than half of the iron armor came from the victory over Cai Mao's navy last year, and the rest was from
Zhongshui, Pingyang Yefang and Leiyang Tieguan were built over many years.
Under Liu Biao's rule, Nanyang, Zhangling, Nanjun, and Jiangxia counties all produced iron. Nanyang and Zhangling were famous for their iron smelting. After Liu Biao's ten years of gathering together, the armored rate of infantry and cavalry in Jingzhou's southern expedition reached 40%, which was enough
There are more than ten thousand recipients.
Unfortunately, most of them were destroyed by the flood, but as the saying goes, "a broken ship still has three thousand nails." Liu Jingjun annihilated the Jingzhou navy, captured the camp, and gained more than 5,000 soldiers.
As a result, the number of iron armors Liu Jingjun possesses has doubled, surpassing Wan Ling. Looking at the entire world, the forces that can possess Wan Ling's iron armor can be counted on one hand.
This time when going south, Liu Jing commanded more than 25,000 infantry troops and 7,000 armored commanders. He also had 3,000 Huanyi Guiyang County soldiers and 1,000 armored commanders. In addition to the soldiers under Chu Fang, Cai Sheng, and Xi Zhen,
There are 30,000 warriors and 10,000 armored warriors.
How could such a powerful force be invincible against the Jiaozhou Army with few soldiers and armor?
The reason why Liu Jing delayed sending troops south until now was to do everything possible to improve his chances of winning and thus complete his victory in one battle.
Liu Jing glanced at Ou Xiong below, thought of something, and then asked Cai Sheng, Chu Fang said: "By the way, Hongchao, Ziping, is there any news from Ou Jing?"
"No." Cai Sheng and Chu Fang shook their heads.
Ou Xiong couldn't help but show embarrassment on his face. He proposed to Liu Jing to recruit brother Ou Jing. He thought he was quite sure, but he didn't expect that brother Ou Jing would ignore his offer.
Turning a blind eye made him very embarrassed in front of Liu Jing and other generals.
"I failed to persuade Brother Cong, and I betrayed Liu Jun's trust..." Ou Xiong left his seat and bowed to the ground. Although he was only six feet six inches tall, his voice was very strong and powerful.
Liu Jing smiled and waved his hand, comforting Ou Xiong and said: "Uncle Yuan, don't worry. Brother Ling Cong, Ou Jing is Zhang Jin's general. He is trusted by Zhang Jin. It's not surprising that he refuses to recruit him."
Ou Xiong's face was gloomy, and he said categorically: "The ancients said: 'Every man and his ministers are their own masters.' If I meet brother Cong on the battlefield the next day, I will never take into account family ties and abandon the public service for personal reasons."
Liu Jing sighed: "Brothers killing each other will eventually be a pity for the world. How can I bear it?"
Ou Xiong said in a deep voice: "When a man serves others, he doesn't care enough about himself, let alone his brothers and feet?!"
"That's magnificent." Liu Jing raised his hands and praised.
When the generals heard what he said, they were either impressed, despised, or lamented... with different attitudes.
Next, Cai Sheng and Chu Fang continued to introduce the situation of the Jiaozhou Army to everyone, and especially mentioned that there were a large number of Wuhu people under Zhang Jin's command.
Wuhu, also known as Wuwu, lived in Jiaozhou for generations and were descendants of Baiyue. Compared with the semi-civilized Jingman, they were more wild and untamed. The most ferocious thing about them was that they had the habit of cannibalism.
customs.
This appalling custom was inherited from their ancestors, Baiyue. The Yue people believed in ghosts and gods and used hunted human heads as sacrifices. "Mozi Lu Wen" said: "In the south of Chu, there is a country of eating people." South of Chu.
, that is, the land of Baiyue in the south of Lingnan, which is now the boundary of Jiaozhou. "Chu Ci: Calling Souls" also says: "When the soul comes back, it can't stop in the south. It carves inscriptions with black teeth, obtains human flesh to sacrifice, and uses its bones to make graves."
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To this day, some Wuhu people still retain the tradition of cannibalism. However, the Wuhu people under Zhang Jin are not likely to be vicious Shengfan. Their leaders, Qu Shuai and other superiors may be more sinicized than Jingman, so they are not very
He might be cannibalistic, but Liu Jing only heard about it as an anecdote.
The meeting lasted for more than an hour before it came to an end. Before sunset, Cai Sheng bid farewell to Liu Jing and everyone, took a light boat, went into the deep water, and returned to Quanling in a swagger. He simply regarded the Jiaozhou Army as if it were nothing. Now Liu Jingjun's ships are densely packed in Hunan, and deep in the river.
At this time, the Jiaozhou Army only had light boats and small boats, so it was naturally unable to fight against them.
The next day, Liu Jing, Zhuge Liang, Xu Shu and others went to Dongshan on the east bank of Shenshui River and climbed up to look at the Jiaozhou military camp to see what was going on.